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Nick Ehli

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Editor at Montana Free Press and professor at Montana State Honors College.

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Nick Ehli @nickehli.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Are the World Cup announcers on Fox paid by the cliche?
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Montana Free Press @montanafreepress.org · 10/06/2026
Benefis brought a cutting-edge heart treatment to its Great Falls hospital. When doctors questioned how some patients were chosen, they said they were pushed aside.
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In Great Falls, a hospital tried to build a cutting-edge heart program. Doctors left in the process.
Former cardiologists and family members of a deceased patient question why and how people were routed to the hospital's now-paused TAVR program.
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Montana Free Press @montanafreepress.org · 09/02/2026
Federal health officials in 2025 cited St. Peter’s Health in Helena for a “systemic” failure in how the local hospital handled multiple reports of sexual abuse by two staff members in the preceding two years.
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Inside the ‘systemic’ sexual abuse reporting failure at a Helena hospital
A federal inspection found that St. Peter’s Health had ‘created an unsafe environment’ with the potential to ‘place all hospital patients at risk for sexual abuse.’
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Montana Free Press @montanafreepress.org · 27/10/2025
Toby’s House in Great Falls is set to expand and continue providing an option for parents that goes beyond typical child supervision.
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Great Falls nonprofit provides free child care for families in need
The organization is set to expand and continue providing an option for parents that goes beyond typical child supervision.
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Montana Free Press @montanafreepress.org · 21/10/2025
A Helena business has filed a lawsuit against the city of Helena, alleging that the work of a committee leading efforts to hire a new city manager has violated Montana's open meeting laws.
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Former commissioner sues Helena over alleged open-meeting violations
The lawsuit alleges that the committee leading the efforts to hire a new city manager has violated the Montana Constitution.
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Montana Free Press @montanafreepress.org · 08/10/2025
Long overloaded with too many inmates and not enough space to hold them, the state has turned to prisons as far off as Mississippi. Officials cite limited options; inmates’ lawyers and families say the repercussions, both practical and legal, are substantial.
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While Montana builds its way out of an overcrowded prison system, inmate advocates say the state’s reliance on private prisons comes at a cost
Long overloaded with too many inmates and not enough space to hold them, the state has turned to prisons as far off as Mississippi. Officials cite limited options; inmates’ lawyers and families say th...
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Montana Free Press @montanafreepress.org · 30/09/2025
Daily fines of up to $500 and possible jail time are penalties for those who don’t move off the streets when the ban takes effect.
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Hope and despair as Bozeman’s ban on urban camping arrives
Officials approved the new law but caution that prohibiting the camps that have troubled the city since the pandemic won’t end homelessness.
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Nick Ehli @nickehli.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
That rendition of the National Anthem gave me goosebumps.
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Matt @gfmt.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Unpacking the multi-year tax protest that holds up millions of dollars in tax revenue from local governments: montanafreepress.org/2025/07/23/r...
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Refinery’s tax protests leave Great Falls’ schools in a budgetary bind
For a third straight budget cycle, Calumet’s protest has created uncertainty for local governments; taxpayers may end up footing the bill.
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Matt @gfmt.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
My public information request was fulfilled today. The resulting story:
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Nick Ehli @nickehli.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Lovely day in Yellowstone.
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Nick Ehli @nickehli.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Has anyone checked on @billsimmons.bsky.social?
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Nick Ehli @nickehli.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
At this point, I’m just hoping not to be targeted when the “Order 66” is executed.
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Kelly Kortum @kellykortum.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
This is the best resource for the #mtleg bills. Incredible work and I used it daily the last 2 sessions #mtpol
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Nick Ehli @nickehli.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Maybe it’s just me, but if we have “tens of millions of Americans” overdosing on fentanyl, perhaps the issue isn’t with supply.
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Montana Free Press @montanafreepress.org · 06/01/2025
Properties classified as agricultural get a tax break worth hundreds or thousands of dollars annually. Lawmakers could tighten qualification requirements this year.
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Montana’s agricultural tax rules slash bills for thousands of million-dollar homes
Properties classified as agricultural get a tax break worth hundreds or thousands of dollars a year.
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Nick Ehli @nickehli.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Idea: an app that notifies you when an otherwise insignificant bowl game goes into overtime.
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Montana Free Press @montanafreepress.org · 24/12/2024
Montana Free Press is observing the holiday with a staff-wide Christmas week vacation. While we’re away, we’ll be republishing some of our biggest evergreen stories of 2024. We’ll be back on our usual schedule on Monday, Dec. 30. Everything you want to know about corner-crossing in Montana ⬇️
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Montana proponents for public access, landowners, await implications of Wyoming lawsuit
Outcome of pending corner-crossing case could impact who has the right to use — or lock up — more than eight million acres across the West.
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Nick Ehli @nickehli.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
@mtgrizblue.bsky.social South Dakota State still looks pissed about that Griz game in 2009.
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Justin Franz @justinfranz.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Officials in Lake County have billed the state of Montana nearly $1 million this year to help cover the cost of law enforcement on the Flathead Indian Reservation montanafreepress.org/2024/12/02/s... So far the state hasn't paid up. Latest for @montanafreepress.org
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State racks up nearly $1 million bill for tribal law enforcement in Lake County
County officials have invoiced Montana to help cover the cost of law enforcement on the Flathead Reservation. So far, the state hasn’t paid.
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Nick Ehli @nickehli.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
So, I’m confused. Is “Wicked” in theaters?
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Nick Ehli @nickehli.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Hitting the “deactivate account” button over at X was more satisfying than I expected.
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Nick Ehli @nickehli.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Turns out, governing is the hard part.
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